# Stayin Alive" is 45 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673 "2023-02-12T19:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/1 "2023-02-12T19:58:45Z")
In February 1978 John Travolta strutted down the street to this immortal song. One of the most instantly recognizable songs from that era, it defined his image for decades [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XfwQ_7xqO7Y/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC5gKKAgwIABABGGQgZChkMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDlrs2Sbu8ePMQL7uDEKRo80b6QAg "Saturday Night Fever Stayin' Alive") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfwQ_7xqO7Y) .It was been copied and parodied countless times. But on the 45 anniversary I present this, one of the best renditions. > **[r/oddlysatisfying - The elegant strut of this distinguished gentleman (Corgi)](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/10zmb1f/the_elegant_strut_of_this_distinguished_gentleman/)** > > 43,171 votes and 255 comments so far on Reddit ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/2 "2023-02-12T20:04:45Z")
Right, so you want me to sign up for Reddit so as to watch a cute doggie video? ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/3 "2023-02-12T20:18:41Z")
There are cute kitty videos there, too. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/4 "2023-02-12T21:28:36Z")
No sign up is required. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/5 "2023-02-12T22:16:51Z")
I’ve read you’re supposed to do compressions-only CPR to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive.” [How ‘Stayin’ Alive’ Will Make You a CPR Lifesaver - FFVA Mutual](https://www.ffvamutual.com/blog/how-stayin-alive-will-make-you-a-cpr-lifesaver/) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/6 "2023-02-12T22:56:34Z")
And, if it’s looking grim, switch over to “Another One Bites the Dust”. mmm ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/7 "2023-02-13T02:00:08Z")
> [@Tarataratara](#): > > There are cute kitty videos there, too. I think about half of reddit is cute kitty videos and photos… Not that I’m complaining. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/8 "2023-02-13T16:07:53Z")
Fourteen seconds of my life I’ll never get back… 😞 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/9 "2023-02-14T17:05:17Z")
This is me beating my drum every time it comes up but… goddamn… that song is so good. It’s a pity we turned it into a pop culture joke. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stayin-alive-is-45/979673/10 "2023-02-14T17:13:02Z")
So I absolutely love the back story to Saturday Night fever. It’s based on a New York Magazine article about disco which basically brought disco into the mainstream (with the help of the movie of course), but the thing is the article was absolutely bullshit. Disco in NY at the time was a largely underground, gay, culture, more similar to 90s rave culture in terms of the clothing style etc than what we think of as “disco”. But tracking down underground disco clubs to research and is hard work, and who has time for that? So actually what Nik Cohn, the author of the article, described is the nightlife he was familiar with, namely the mod scene in London. So that is what became “disco” in the public eye, even though it never was originally.